I know Jacob, he is not a bad lad. But his politics and record should speak for itself (I am yet to see evidence of independent thought). I can’t think of a time that he has led on a local issue in the Redcar constituency in the same way that his predecessors did or attempted to do.
I think age, previous experience and work history are not areas people should attack. If anything, Parliament needs more engineers, just like it needs experiences from other careers too. He was 2 years as an opposition councillor in Middlesbrough will have been a lot of work. Believe me, it’s a hell of a job to do casework, often for quite vulnerable people, and offer scrutiny for the actions of a local authority.
Plus let’s be honest - did the Tories really think they were going to win Redcar? Breaking news - no way did they think that would happen at the start of a 6 week election campaign.
But people should judge him on his record, which is 100% loyal. No independent thought, no evidence of residents over party. We should hold all our politicians to a standard regardless of the colour of the rosette.